Aaron Bradshaw...

CELTICAT

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Cal should have fined him when he kissed a dude he was trying to bow up to.
 

Anony Moose

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You can keep claiming this, but you’ll still be wrong. Under current NCAA rules, coaches have no authority to impose these sort of monetary fines (especially since the players’ money isn’t coming from the university itself). What’s specified in an NIL contract does not override the school’s obligation to comply with NCAA rules.

That’s why you can’t cite a single prior example of a coach ever doing this before. It’s simply not presently allowed.

Not sure why Penny made this comment. Maybe he was just joking or messing with us, or maybe he’s too dumb to know better. But the rules don’t permit him to do what he claims he’s done.
Still searching for that rule?
 

rivercatinfl

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Coaches aren’t supposed to have any control over the distribution of NIL money after the ink on the contract is dry. They can’t make it contingent on subsequent performance or internal team rules.

He can bench him, suspend him or even kick him off the team under the rules. But he can’t cut off the NIL money already contractually promised to him.

At least that’s my understanding of how it works.
That's a shame. These kids need to understand that if you don't do the job, their boss might be inclined to not pay them.
 

Bank Cat

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Top 5 recruit and he's playing 15 mpg in the American as a junior. What a disappointing recruiting class overall.
And we were all salivating for him to play when he was hurt.
Then he plays for the Suckeyes and they blow us out. Been a rough few years…